Given Leslie Vilensky's interest in health and holistic care, naturopathic medicine was a logical career choice. "It was congruent with how I wanted to live," says Vilensky, who is president of the ...

Naturopathy combines the rigors of modern science with the wisdom of nature. Naturopathic doctors concentrate on the whole person’s wellness through disease prevention and health promotion while ...

Legislation introduced in Missouri and Kansas this year would expand the reach of the alternative medicine doctors, making them more like primary care providers. Traditional medical groups are opposed ...

Naturopathic medicine — or the practice of a primary care physician with a focus on holistic care — is currently illegal in Missouri because the state does not have licensing or registration laws for ...

•Continued from last next week. The treatments offered by Naturopathic doctors like myself are simple, inexpensive, none invasive, causes no harm to the body and they are designed to treat the root ...

BOISE, Idaho — Legislation creating a licensing path in Idaho for naturopathic medical doctors has been signed into law by Gov. Brad Little. Little on Monday signed into law the legislation allowing ...

Kansas politicians are wading into a debate that divides traditional mainstream medical doctors and practitioners of alternative and holistic medicine. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee ...

Emmalyn Pratt has been surrounded by firefighters her whole life while growing up in Kearney, 30 miles northeast of Kansas City. Her father is the local fire chief, and he's part of a long line of ...